Jodie Foster Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)

“Julia Roberts and Sandra Bullock do romantic comedies. I do dark dramas. I do these movies well.”

“My mom was always late. It drove me crazy as a child. So I'm always on time - or early.”

“Otherness is a big thing for me. I'm always drawn to characters that live lives that I couldn't lead.”

“With 'Taxi Driver,' I had this eureka moment. I realized that acting could be much more than what I had been doing. I had to build a character that wasn't me.”

“I think every movie changes me and is life changing, especially movies you direct.”

“I'd always need a creative outlet. But sometimes, I do fantasize what my life would be like if I weren't famous.”

“Every movie that I've had to really knock down the door for has been an enormous success for me. Not just like a financial success but a real personal success.”

“You develop a third eye where you kind of know where they are in a room at all times but no matter how vigilant you are as a parent, at some point, you'll look around a room and can't find them and there's a searing pain that goes through your body.”

“Any actor working a long time should know how a shot is set up, where to place themselves, how to handle the lines. I'm a member of the crew, like the best boy, the electrician. What I'm good at is making eyes at the camera.”

“There are conscious reasons and unconscious reasons why I pick something. You know, I have to be moved by the story and usually that means it has to touch me in some kind of personal place.”